184 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



678. LEERSIA, Swartz. (WHITE GRASS.) 



(2718.) L. oryzoides, Swartz. ; Pursh, PI. I., 62 ; Hook., Fl. II., 233. 



Phalaris oryzoides, Linn. Sp. L, 55. 

 Asprella oryzoides, Lam. 111. No. 858. 



Truro, and Windsor, N.S. (Macoun.) Wet banks of streams, Bass 

 'River, N.B (Fowler, Cat.} Charlotte and Carleton Co's., N.B. (Vroom.) 

 King's Co., N.B. (Brittam.} Aylmer, Q. ; rare near Ottawa. (Fletcher, 

 Fl. Ott.} Conway's Creek ; very common at Prescott, Ont. (Billings.*) 

 Low marshy meadows and ditches; common throughout central 

 Ontario. (Macoun.} Marshes, Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.} Shallow water, 

 London, Ont. (Burgess. Millman.} Canada to the Saskatchewan. 

 (Hooker, Fl.) Newfoundland. (Reeks.} 



(2719.) L. Virginica, Willd. ; Hook., Fl. II., 233. 



Asprella Virginica, Eoem. & Schultz. Syst. II., 266. 



Swamps in wet, shady woods, evidently rare in Ontario. Vicinity 

 of Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.} Near Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.} Shallow 

 water, near London, Ont. (Burgess. Millman.) Ontario. (Goldie.) 

 Newfoundland. (Reeks.} 



679. ANDROPOGON, Linn. Gen. 1145. (BEARD-GRASS.) 



(2720.) A. provincialis, Lam ; Scribner, Trans. Kansas Acad. 

 Sci. IX., 116. 



A.furcatus, Muhl. ; Pursh, Fl. L, 75; Hook., Fl. II., 256 ; Macoun, Cat. 

 No. 2268. 



Rather common in dry, sandy thickets or open woods. Vicinity of 

 Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.} Eocky woodlands, west of Brockville^ 

 Ont. (Billings.} Sandy fields and thickets east of Belleville; very 

 abundant on Rice Lake Plains, and on sandy and gravelly soil all 

 through central Ontario, and westward to Lake Erie. (Macoun.} 

 Yicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Logie ) Port Colborne, Ont. (McG-ill 

 Coll. Herb.} Shady woodland, London, Ont. (Burgess. Millman.} Shores 

 of Red Deer River, near Porcupine Mountain, Man (Macoun.} Hud- 

 son Bay; Lake Huron; Saskatchewan to the Rocky Mountains. 

 (Hooker, FL} Turtle Mountain, Man. (Dawson. Burgess.} Lake of 

 the Woods. (Dawson.} Red River, Man., 1826. (Douglas.} 



